SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Conversations with a technical advisors or possible developers should be iterative. In fact, let me provide an important warning: If you create these documents, don't have input from a technical resource, take it to a development shop and they provide you a price. Go find a new technical resource.

Develop 354

Develop Development Technical Review CTO Coach 354

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 13, 2013

It’s OK because in an era where you can much more rapidly prototype and build products it is far more beneficial to launch your first version, get initial customer traction and then talk to your customer base to understand how well it meets their needs.

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Sales Startup Resource Customer 393

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2011

As you might imagine, when you go to the page on Customer Development , you find the best and the latest content from people like Steve Blank and Vinicius Vacanti. Click around on the various topics to find some amazing resources. The home page always shows the latest and greatest content coming out.

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Content Startup Social Media IP 175

socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2018

They fail to understand what the market is, what their differentiation is to their customers. Blake Caldwell: We believe heavily in customer in customer development. You have to understand your customers and partners. That kills companies and waste resources. Also, you have to have a team.

Startup 172

Startup Seed Funding Mentor Ideas 172

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2023

Predictive – able to anticipate and provide resources. Flexible – listen to allow flex hours and customization. Develop a strong feedback loop to allow responsiveness in improving team member’s day-to-day-experience. More and more business leaders, including Richard Branson, use this style to great advantage.

Customer 113

Customer Custom Training Tool 113

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. Now you can do it for free, or a few hundred dollars, with one of the many web building tools available, like Shopify or Weebly.

Entrepreneur 162

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Outsource Development 162

InfoChachkie

APRIL 16, 2012

The Lean Startup approach dictates that successful customer development is an iterative process. By conceptualizing, selling, gathering feedback and then developing a product, startups achieve success more quickly and economically. Eric (Ries) was a student in one of the very earliest customer development classes at Berkley.

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Startup Class Press Custom Development 229